History Recap / TheSimpsonsS22E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXI

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of "Master and Cadaver," Maggie dons a bowler hat and fake eyelashes for one eye a la Alex [=DeLarge=] from AClockworkOrange. Turns out it became a subject for a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXV future Treehouse of Horror]] segment called "A Clockwork Yellow", and Maggie as she appeared in that ending makes an appearance.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of "Master and Cadaver," Maggie dons a bowler hat and fake eyelashes for one eye a la Alex [=DeLarge=] from AClockworkOrange.''Film/AClockworkOrange''. Turns out it became a subject for a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXV future Treehouse of Horror]] segment called "A Clockwork Yellow", and Maggie as she appeared in that ending makes an appearance.

* HeroicSacrifice: Homer himself in the "Tweenlight" segment. He sacrifices himself for Lisa, so the two vampires could suck on his cholesterol-filled blood.

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* HeroicSacrifice: Homer himself in the "Tweenlight" segment. He sacrifices himself for Lisa, so the two vampires could suck on his cholesterol-filled blood.blood (and not the good kind of cholesterol).

* DrivenToSuicide:** After fast forwarding the special at the beginning and thus ruining it for the viewers, Professor Frink fast forwards himself to death.** Unable to live with her guilt for the deaths of the innocent people in "Master and Cadaver", Marge eats a poisoned pie.

* WholePlotReference: All of the segments subtly lampoon modern movies: ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' for "War and Pieces", ''Film/DeadCalm'' for "Master and Cadaver" and (of course) ''Franchise/{{Twilight}}'' for "Tweenlight"

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* WholePlotReference: All of the segments subtly lampoon modern movies: ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' for "War and Pieces", ''Film/DeadCalm'' for "Master and Cadaver" and (of course) ''Franchise/{{Twilight}}'' for "Tweenlight""Tweenlight."

Bart and Milhouse get trapped in a cursed board-game in "War and Pieces," Homer and Marge's honeymoon trip on a boat gets interrupted by a castaway who may be a murderer in "Master and Cadaver" and Lisa falls for a preteen vampire called Edmund in "Tweenlight."

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Bart and Milhouse get trapped in a cursed board-game board game in "War and Pieces," Homer and Marge's honeymoon trip on a boat gets interrupted by a castaway who may be a murderer in "Master and Cadaver" and Lisa falls for a preteen vampire called Edmund in "Tweenlight."

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of "Master and Cadaver", Maggie dons a bowler hat and fake eyelashes for one eye a la Alex [=DeLarge=] from AClockworkOrange. Turns out it became a subject for a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXV future Treehouse of Horror]] segment called "A Clockwork Yellow", and Maggie as she appeared in that ending makes an appearance.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of "Master and Cadaver", Cadaver," Maggie dons a bowler hat and fake eyelashes for one eye a la Alex [=DeLarge=] from AClockworkOrange. Turns out it became a subject for a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXV future Treehouse of Horror]] segment called "A Clockwork Yellow", and Maggie as she appeared in that ending makes an appearance.

* ReferenceOverdosed: All the board-games they play are a reference to real board-games- even ''Consternation'', which is a reference to the ''Series/{{Concentration}}'' home game.

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* ReferenceOverdosed: All the board-games they play are a reference to real board-games- board games, even ''Consternation'', ''Consternation,'' which is a reference to the ''Series/{{Concentration}}'' home game.

Bart and Milhouse get trapped in a cursed board-game in "War and Pieces," Homer and Marge's honeymoon trip on a boat gets interrupted by a castaway who may be a murderer in "Master and Cadaver," and Lisa falls for a preteen vampire called Edmund in "Tweenlight."

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Bart and Milhouse get trapped in a cursed board-game in "War and Pieces," Homer and Marge's honeymoon trip on a boat gets interrupted by a castaway who may be a murderer in "Master and Cadaver," Cadaver" and Lisa falls for a preteen vampire called Edmund in "Tweenlight."

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